Device for cooling wines.



PATENTED JAN. l0, 1905.

F. P. NOBIS. DEVICE FOR COOLING WINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

FRANK PAUL NOBIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR COOLING WINES.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,962, dated January 10, 1905. Application filed March 16, 1904. Serial No. 198,403.

To (all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK PAUL NoBIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Device for Cooling Wines, of which the following is a specification. Y Y

This invention is an improved construction of wine-cooler either for hotels or family use and by means of which a bottle of wine can be quickly and easily cooled.

Another` object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind which can be used for cooling veither a large or small bottle of wine, as desired.

Tith these objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a wine-cooler constructed'in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the lpwer part of the same.

In constructing a wine-cooler in accordance with my invention I employ an outer receptacle A, which has an annnlariiange B adjacent its lower end, and resting upon this liange is an inner receptacle C, said inner receptacle being adapted to receive the bottle of Wine to be cooled and the crushed ice for cooling the same. At the bottom of the inner receptacle C are arranged two centrally-recessed circular plates D and E, the plate D being arranged above the plate E, and its circular recess is somewhat smaller than the circular recess of the plate E, the circular recess of the plate D being adapted to receive the lower end of a pint bottle of wine, while the circular recess of the plate E is intended to receive a quart bottle of wine, and in order to securely hold the bottle in the recess I provide each recess with spring gripping-fingers F, which project upwardly7 as shown, and are adapted to firmly grasp the lower end of the bottle, as most clearly shown in the drawings.

The plates D and E are intended to be revolved, carrying with them the bottle to be cooled, and this movement of the plates is acthe end of a horizontal shaft K, journaled in l the bracket K and provided with a crankliandle K2 upon the outer end, said shaft passing outwardly through the side of the outer receptacle. When a pint bottle of wine is to be cooled, both theupper and lower plates D and E may be arranged in the receptacle C; but when a quart bottle is to be cooled the upper plate D is removed, so that the end of the bottle can be inserted into the recess of the lower plate E. rlhe crank-handle K2 is then revolved, and the plate carrying the bottle is rotated,turning the bottle within the inner receptacle, which contains the crushed ice, and by means of a cooler, as herein shown and described,the contents of the bottle can be quickly and easily cooled to the proper temperature. Theinner receptacle is provided with inwardlyextending knobs L, by means of which it can be lifted from the outer receptacle, and the outer receptacle is provided with outwardlyprojecting knobs M, by means of which the entire device can be carried from place to place. If desired, a stuiiing-box N may be arranged upon the bottom of the inner receptacle for the purpose of preventing water escaping and collecting in the bottom of the outer receptacle.

By means of a cooler constructed as herein shown and described the quart or pint of wine can be quickly and easily cooled, and it will therefore not be necessary to keep the bottle of wine upon ice for any considerable length of time. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the kind described comprising the outer receptacle provided with a supporting-liange, the inner receptacle resting IOO upon said flange, the rotary shaft and gears carried by said shafts and the central recessed bottle-holders arranged in the lower end of the inner receptacle and mounted upon the end of one of the rotary shafts, and spring-iingers, all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as described.

Q. Adevice of the kind described comprising an outer receptacle having a supportingliange adjacent the lower end, an inner receptacle adapted to rest upon said iange, a horizontal shaft having a crank-handle upon its outer end and a beveled gear upon its inner end, a Vertical shaft carrying a beveled gear which meshes with a beveled gear carried by the horizontal shaft, the upper end of said vertical shaftV projecting through the bottom of the inner receptacle and the upper and lower centrally recessed circular plates mounted upon the said vertical shaft at the lower end of the inner receptacle, each plate having a plurality of spring' gripping-lingers arranged in the said central recess for the purpose Set forth.

FRANK PAUL NOBIS. Witnesses:

DAVID DENTZ, lI-IoMAs FRIEss. 

